Keywords: B29 leaflet.jpg A leaflet dropped from a B-29 on Japan after the bombing of Hiroshima Translation Notice to the Japanese People Evacuate the city immediately What this leaflet contains is extremely important so please read carefully The Japanese people are facing an extremely important autumn Your military leaders were presented with thirteen articles for surrender by our three-country alliance to put an end to this unprofitable war This proposal was ignored by your army leaders Because of this the Soviet Republic intervened In addition the United States has developed an atom bomb which had not been done by any nation before It has been determined to employ this frightening bomb One atom bomb has the destructive power of 2000 B-29s This frightening fact should be understood by you by observing what kind of situation was caused when only one was dropped on Hiroshima Own 2009-07-08 Mark Pellegrini PD-USGov Surrender of Japan Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki |